                                  FCON HELP
FCON FORM:                                                                                

+--------+ +------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+
|  OPEN  | | SAVE | | APPEND | |  VIEW  | | EDITOR | | CANCEL | |  QUIT  |
+--------+ +------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+
                                                                                
SOURCE/TARGET                                        FORMAT/OPTIONS          
+---------------------------------------+                                    
|File Spec Box                          |     ANSI        PCB         VBBS   
+---------------------------------------+                                    
                                                                                
+-------------------+ [Drive1          ]v  (*) 1 SAVE ( ) 2 SAVE ( ) 3 SAVE
| File1             ^ +-----------------+                                    
|                     | Dir1            ^                                    
|                   # |                    (*) 4 APND ( ) 5 APND ( ) 6 APND
|                   # |                 #                                    
|                   # |                 #                                    
|                   # |                 #  (*) 7 VIEW ( ) 8 VIEW ( ) 9 VIEW
|                   v |                 v                                    
+-------------------+ +-----------------+  [ ] TXT OFF <SAVE ASCII> <RENAME>
                                                                                
ASCII VIEWER                            ^  + FILE INFORMATION -+ +----------+
                                           |FILE SIZE          | |   HELP   |
                                        #  |FILE LINES         | +----------+
                                        v  |FILE DATE          |             
< #####################################>   +-------------------+     TIME    


COMMANDS BY OBJECT:

F: = FUNCTION           K: = KEY BOARD COMMANDS         M: = MOUSE COMMANDS
        (N) WHERE N IS A HIGHLIGHTED CHARACTER FOR OBJECT SELECTION

SOURCE/TARGE(T)                           
+---------------------------------------+                                    
|File Spec Box                          | 
+---------------------------------------+                                    
      
F:      FULL PATH SPEC & FILE NAME      TO OPEN, TO SAVE TO, TO APPEND TO, 
                                        TO VIEW AS ASCII TEXT FILE, TO RENAME,
                                        TO ZAP!                                
K:      ARROW KEYS             SCROLL IN RESPECTIVE DIRECTION                                         
        SHIFT ARROW KEYS       HIGHLIGHT TEXT IN RESPECTIVE DIRECTION
        DELETE KEY             DELETES CHARACTER, OR HIGHLIGHTED PORTION
        CONTROL DELETE         DELETES TO END OF LINE 
        INSERT KEY             INSERTS CHARACTERS AT CURSOR
        INSERT OFF             WRITE-OVER, CURSOR WILL CHANGE TO BLOCK
        BACKSPACE              CONVENTIONAL FUNCTION
        HOME, END              BEGINNING OF LINE, END OF LINE
        TAB, SHIFT TAB         SET FOCUS TO NEXT OBJECT, PREVIOUS OBJECT
        (T) ALT + T            SETS FOCUS BACK TO FILE SPEC BOX, "QUICK FIND"
        A-Z, 0-9, $            ACCEPTS ALL CHARACTERS, NOT CASE SENSITIVE
        
        CONTROL Z              ZAP! = REDUCES THE SIZE OF A 1 LINE FILE BY
                               3 BYTES, THEREBY REMOVING THE CARRIAGE RETURN.
                                
                               ZAP! WILL NOT WORK ON FILES LARGER THAN ONE
                               LINE, NOR ON FILES THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY
                               "ZAPPED" THIS IS A BUILT IN SAFETY FEATURE.

                               YOUR CURSOR MUST BE INSIDE THE FILE SPEC BOX
                               SINCE ZAP! IS A FUNCTION OF THE OBJECT IN
                               FOCUS, NOT GLOBALLY OF FCON.EXE.

        CONTROL Z              ONCE A FILE HAS BEEN "ZAPPED" IS WILL SHOW UP
         "CONT."               IN THE FILE INFORMATION BOX AS INVALID FORMAT
                               THIS IS BECAUSE IN ORDER TO READ THE NUMBER OF
                               LINES IN A FILE, THE UTILITY COUNTS THE NUMBER
                               OF CARRIAGE RETURNS...NONE TO COUNT = INVALID.
                                
                               WHEN A FILE BECOMES AN INVALID FORMAT, IT CAN
                               NO LONGER BE OPENED, SO YOU MIGHT TO SAVE YOUR
                               FILE WITH A BACKUP COPY FOR REEDITING PURPOSES.


M:      LEFT CLICK             ON SOURCE/TARGE(T) SETS FOCUS TO FILE SPEC BOX
        LEFT CLICK             INSIDE FILE SPEC BOX SETS FOCUS TO ITSELF
        LEFT DOWN DIRECTION    HIGHLIGHTS TEXT, FOR EDITING, SEE KEY COMMANDS,
                               SCROLLS IN RESPECTIVE DIRECTION.


[Drive1          ]v

F:      TO SELECT ACCESS TO NEW DRIVE SPEC.

K:      TYPING ANY LETTER CORRESPONDING TO A VALID DRIVE        SELECTS THAT 
                                                                DRIVE

        DRIVE SELECTED IS THEN POSTED IN THE FILE SPEC BOX

        ARROW KEYS              SCROLLS THROUGH AVAILABLE DRIVES IN RESPECTIVE
                                DIRECTION
        HOME, END               DRIVE 1, LAST DRIVE
        TAB, SHIFT TAB          SET FOCUS TO NEXT OBJECT, PREVIOUS OBJECT


M:      LEFT DOWN "v"           OPENS DROP DOWN BOX, MOVE UP/DOWN TO HIGHLIGHT
                                AVAILABLE DRIVE, RELEASE...DRIVE IS SELECTED



+-----------------+                                    
| Dir1            ^                                    
|                    
|                 #                                    
|                 #                                    
|                 #  
|                 v                                    
+-----------------+  

F:      TO SELECT NEW DIRECTORY SPEC


K:      TYPED CHARACTER         SELECTS CORRESPONDING DIRECTORY, BY INDEX OF
                                FIRST CHARACTER MATCHING DESCRIPTION, SUB-
                                SEQUENT MATCHES ARE ALSO FOUND BY REPEATING
                                THE PROCESS
        ARROW KEYS              SCROLLS THROUGH AVAILABLE DRIVES IN RESPECTIVE
                                DIRECTION
        HOME, END               TOP OF LIST, BOTTOM OF LIST
        TAB, SHIFT TAB          SET FOCUS TO NEXT OBJECT, PREVIOUS OBJECT
 
        ENTER                   CHANGES DEFAULT DIRECTORY "CD\XX"
                                UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO THE LIMITATIONS OF
                                "VISUAL BASIC FOR DOS" YOU MUST EITHER CHANGE
                                DRIVES AND RETURN, GO TO V-EDIT AND RETURN,
                                OR USE THE MOUSE METHOD IN ORDER TO GET THE
                                DIRECTORY BOX TO REDRAW ITSELF, SO THAT THE
                                CHANGE IS VISIBLE.


M:      LEFT CLICK              SELECTS DIRECTORY
        LEFT DOWN MOVE          SCROLLS UP OR DOWN LIST
        DOUBLE LEFT CLICK       CHANGES DEFAULT DIRECTORY, EXPANDS CURRENT
                                DIRECTORY, REDRAWS & REFRESHES DIRECTORY BOX


SELECTED DIRECTORIES ARE POSTED WITH FULL PATH SPEC. IN FILE SPEC BOX.


+-------------------+
| File1             ^
|                    
|                   #
|                   #
|                   #
|                   #
|                   v
+-------------------+

F:      TO SELECT NEW FILE SPEC


K:      TYPED CHARACTER         SELECTS CORRESPONDING FILE, BY INDEX OF
                                FIRST CHARACTER MATCHING DESCRIPTION, SUB-
                                SEQUENT MATCHES ARE ALSO FOUND BY REPEATING
                                THE PROCESS
        ARROW KEYS              SCROLLS THROUGH AVAILABLE FILES IN RESPECTIVE
                                DIRECTION
        HOME, END               TOP OF LIST, BOTTOM OF LIST
        TAB, SHIFT TAB          SET FOCUS TO NEXT OBJECT, PREVIOUS OBJECT
 

M:      LEFT CLICK              SELECTS FILE
        LEFT DOWN MOVE          SCROLLS UP OR DOWN LIST

SELECTED FILES ARE POSTED WITH FULL PATH SPEC, IN FILE SPEC BOX. CLICKING OR
SELECTING FILES, "WITHOUT GOING THROUGH EACH STEP ie: "DRIVE->DIR->FILE" WILL
ALSO POST THE CORRECT FULL PATH SPEC.



            FORMAT/OPTIONS          
                                    
    ANSI         PCB         VBBS   
                                    
                                            YOU MAY SELECT ONE OPTION CASE IN                                    
(*) 1 SAVE   ( ) 2 SAVE   ( ) 3 SAVE        EACH ROW "1,2,3"; "4,5,6"; "7,8,9"
                                            
                                            YOU MAY TAB, OR SHIFT TAB TO ROWS
(*) 4 APND   ( ) 5 APND   ( ) 6 APND        USE ARROW KEYS TO SELECT, OR TYPE
                                            RESPECTIVE ACCESS KEY: "ALT + #"
                                            
(*) 7 VIEW   ( ) 8 VIEW   ( ) 9 VIEW        LEFT CLICK MOUSE TO SELECT

        ANSI            ANSI.SYS FORMAT         " [ ESCAPE SEQUENCES"
        PCB             PC BOARD FORMAT         " @X CODES"
        VBBS            VBBS/WWIV FORMAT        " N HEART CODES"  
                                                WHERE "N" IS A NUMBER 1 - 36

        SAVE            TELLS PROGRAM THAT WHEN THE SAVE COMMAND IS EXECUTED
                        TO SAVE THE V-EDIT DRAWING IN THE RESPECTIVE FORMAT.

        APND            APPEND DRAWING IN RESPECTIVE FORMAT WHEN THE APPEND
                        COMMAND IS EXECUTED

        VIEW            VIEW THE ASCII FORMAT OF THE CURRENT VEDIT DRAWING IN
                        THE RESPECTIVE FORMAT WHEN THEN VIEW COMMAND IS EXEC-
                        UTED.
                                                    

+--------+ +------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+
|  OPEN  | | SAVE | | APPEND | |  VIEW  | | EDITOR | | CANCEL | |  QUIT  |
+--------+ +------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+

F:      COMMAND BUTTONS         EXECUTABLE COMMANDS AS PER DESCRIPTION

K:      TAB, SHIFT TAB          SET FOCUS TO NEXT OBJECT, PREVIOUS OBJECT
        ARROW KEYS              SCROLL THROUGH COMMANDS OPEN - CANCEL IN
                                RESPECTIVE DIRECTION.
        SPACE BAR               SELECTS COMMAND
        ENTER                   SELECTS COMMAND
        ALT + ACCESS KEY        SELECTS COMMAND

M:      LEFT CLICK              SELECTS COMMAND

        OPEN                    OPENS, OR LOADS THE DRAWING OR TEXT AS PER THE
                                FULL PATH SPEC. IN THE FILE SPEC BOX.
                                DRAWING IS CONVERTED FROM ANSI, VBBS, PCB, OR
                                ASCII FORMATS TO THE SYSTEM FORMAT.

                                OPEN LOOKS FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF "[" OR "@X" 
                                "N"; ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE FILE IN ORDER 
                                TO DETERMINE WHICH FORMAT IT SHOULD CONVERT
                                FROM.  IF IT CAN NOT IDENTIFY THE FORMAT IT
                                OPENS AND CONVERTS THE FILE AS THOUGH IT WAS
                                AN ASCII FILE AND THUS IN ANSI FORMAT.

                                INVALID FORMAT FILES, THOSE WITH NO CARRIAGE
                                RETURN CHARACTERS CAN NOT BE OPENED.

                                OPEN ALSO DESTROYS ANY PREVIOUS DRAWING YOU
                                HAD IN THE V-EDIT, BECAUSE IT DUMPS THE CUR-
                                RENT ARRAYS AND REDIMS TO THE NEW FILE SIZE.
                                
                                OPEN ALSO DOUBLES AS A FILE VIEWER, NOW THE
                                PATH IS RESET TO PREVIOUS PATH UPON RETURN-
                                ING TO FILER.
                                
                                YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR SAFETY.


        SAVE                    SAVES THE CURRENT V-EDIT DRAWING AS PER SAVE
                                FORMAT TO THE CURRENT FILE SPEC. IN THE FILE
                                SPEC BOX.

                                YOU WILL BE PROMPTED IN CASE OF OVERWRITE.


        APPEND                  APPENDS THE CURRENT V-EDIT DRAWING AS PER 
                                APPEND FORMAT TO THE CURRENT FILE SPEC. IN 
                                THE FILE SPEC BOX.

        
        VIEW                    VIEWS THE CURRENT V-EDIT DRAWING AS PER SEL-                    
                                ECTED FORMAT AS AN ASCII INTERPRETATION USING
                                EXTENDED DOS CHARACTERS WHERE FOUND.

                                THE TEXT IS DISPLAYED IN THE ASCII VIEWER.


        EDITOR                  RETURNS TO V-EDIT.

        CANCEL                  RESETS DRIVE, DIR, FILE BOXES TO DEFAULT SPECS
                                CANCELS ANY OPERATION.
                                DOES NOT RELEASE MEMORY, OR DUMP ARRAYS.

        QUIT                    QUITS, EXITS TO DOS IN THE LAST KNOWN DEFAULT
                                DIRECTORY.  IF YOU USED THE INCLUDED FILE:
                                V.BAT TO START V-EDIT, THEN V.BAT RESTORES  
                                THE PROMPT, DELETES "MFMTA.DAT" AND THEN 
                                EXITS TO THE SYSTEM.




ASCII VIEWER                       END  ^ 
                                        #    CURSOR MUST BE INSIDE VIEWER IN
                             MID POINTS #    ORDER TO USE VIEWER COMMANDS.
                                        #    
                                   END  v 
< #####################################>  
END            MID POINTS              END


F:      DISPLAYS V-EDIT DRAWING IN RESPECTIVE VIEW FORMAT, OR OPENED FILE
        IN ASCII TEXT AND EXTENDED DOS CHARACTERS.

K:      ALL KNOWN TEXT EDITOR COMMANDS SEEM TO WORK, LIST IS ENDLESS SO NOT
        VERBOSED. SEE BELOW FOR SPECIAL COMMANDS.

M:      USUAL MOUSABLE SCROLL, SELECT, CLICK COMMANDS. CAN CLICK ON SCROLL
        BARS "ENDS" FOR SLOW SCROLL OR "MID POINTS" FOR FAST SCROLL.

SPECIAL KEY COMMANDS:

     SHIFT ARROWS             SELECTS TEXT
     CONTROL + C              COPY SELECTED TEXT TO CLIPBOARD, NOT CUMULATIVE
     CONTROL + S              PASTE SELECTED TEXT AT CURSOR POSITION
     CONTROL + P              PRINT SELECTED TEXT, IF NONE SELECTED THEN
                              PRINT CONTENTS OF ASCII VIEWER BOX.
     CONTROL + V              PUTS: " [  @X   " AT END OF CURRENT TEXT,
                              SINCE  AND  CAN NOT BE TYPED IN, BUT CAN BE
                              COPIED OR PASTED.
     CONTROL + W              WIDENS VIEWER BOX FROM 44 TO 80 "FULL SCREEN  
                              WIDTH." CONTROL + W AGAIN RETURNS WIDTH TO  
                              DEFAULT SIZE AND RE-ENABLES COVERED OBJECTS.
               
     

 [ ] TXT OFF   <SAVE ASCII>   <RENAME>

F:      COMMAND/CHECK BOX       EXECUTABLE COMMANDS AS PER DESCRIPTION

K:      TAB, SHIFT TAB          SET FOCUS TO NEXT OBJECT, PREVIOUS OBJECT
        ARROW KEYS              SCROLL THROUGH COMMANDS OPEN - CANCEL IN
                                RESPECTIVE DIRECTION.
        SPACE BAR               SELECTS COMMAND
        ENTER                   SELECTS COMMAND
        ALT + ACCESS KEY        SELECTS COMMAND

M:      LEFT CLICK              SELECTS COMMAND

        
        TXT OFF/ON              OPEN ASCII SELECTOR
                                IF THIS CHECK BOX IS ON WHEN YOU OPEN AN ASCII
                                FILE, THEN THE CONTENTS OF THE FILE WILL BE
                                DISPLAYED IN THE VIEWER, AND "TXT OFF/ON" WILL
                                BE RESET TO "TXT OFF."

                                MUST BE ON PRIOR TO OPENING.

        <SAVE ASCII>            SAVES THE CURRENT CONTENTS OF THE ASCII VIEWER
                                TO A UNIQUELY NAMED FILE NAME IN THE CURRENT
                                SELECTED OR DEFAULT DIRECTORY.

        <RENAME>                RENAMES THE FILE SELECTED IN THE FILE SPEC BOX

                                MOVES THE FILE SELECTED IN THE FILE SPEC BOX,
                                IF THE NAME IS A DIFFERENT DIRECTORY SPEC THAN
                                EXISTS CURRENTLY. WILL NOT MOVE ACROSS DRIVES.

                                WILL NOT OVERWRITE EXISTING FILES.

                                CAN RENAME TO A NAME OUTSIDE OF THE LIMITATION
                                OF DOS ie: "MY FILE.  1"  IF YOU USE EMBEDDED
                                SPACES FILE WILL BE LOCKED OUT FROM DOS, BUT
                                "FCON.EXE" WILL BE ABLE TO RENAME IT AGAIN.
                                THIS FEATURE WAS INCLUDED SO THAT YOU MAY USE
                                IT AS A FORM OF ENCRYPTION.

                

+ FILE INFORMATION -+ 
|FILE SIZE          | 
|FILE LINES         |   REFLECTS ATTRIBUTES OF CURRENT FILE SPEC IN THE FILE
|FILE DATE          |   SPEC BOX.          
+-------------------+     

K:, M:  NONE

        FILE SIZE               SIZE IN BYTES
        FILE LINES              # OF CARRIAGE RETURNS IN FILE
                                IF NONE THEN FILE IS INVALID FORMAT
        FILE DATE               DOS DATE OF FILE SPEC



+----------+
|   HELP   |    YOU'RE IN HELP, DUDE!
+----------+

K:      TAB, SHIFT TAB          SET FOCUS TO NEXT OBJECT, PREVIOUS OBJECT
        ARROW KEYS              SCROLL THROUGH COMMANDS OPEN - CANCEL IN
                                RESPECTIVE DIRECTION.
        SPACE BAR               SELECTS COMMAND
        ENTER                   SELECTS COMMAND
        ALT + ACCESS KEY        SELECTS COMMAND

M:      LEFT CLICK              SELECTS COMMAND


HELP COMMANDS:          NORMAL TEXT EDITOR KEYS DO NORMAL TEXT EDITOR STUFF.

        ESCAPE KEY              EXITS HELP, RE-ENABLES SCREEN OBJECTS
        SHIFT ARROWS            SELECT TEXT
        CONTROL + P             PRINT SELECTED TEXT, IF NONE SELECTED PRINT
                                ENTIRE HELP FILE.
        CONTROL + S             SWITCH "VHELP1.HLP" WITH "VHELP2.HLP"
                                "VHELP1.HLP" DISPLAYS BY DEFAULT, FILE WAS
                                SPLIT TO AVOID MEMORY LOCKUPS.

                         END OF "VHELP1.HLP"
